East Anglian Book Awards 2025 category winners announced |
The 2025 category winners are:
· Biography and Memoir: Named: A Story of Names and Reclaiming Who We Are by Camilla Balshaw (Bedford Square Publishers)
· Debut Novel: Silver Harvest by Daryl Fraser (Story Machine)
· History and Tradition: Finding the Wayfarer: Physical, Spiritual and Poetic Survival by Emma Rose Barber (Tandem Publishing)
· Poetry: Buying the Farm by Eliza O’Toole (Shearsman Books)
· Fiction: Florrie: A Football Love Story by Anna Trench (Jonathan Cape)
· Children’s Books: Ghost Tide by Jim Cockin (Lightning Books)
· General Non-Fiction: Flint Country: A Stone Journey by Laurence Mitchell (Saraband)
Winner of the Debut Novel Award, Daryl Fraser, set Silver Harvest in his hometown of Lowestoft. Described as a heartfelt homage to the town and the people who have lived its streets and sailed from its port, the novel marks a powerful literary debut and was published by East Anglian based publisher, Story Machine.
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